En route on its mission: Pacific Partnership 2010, the USNS Mercy docked in Pearl Harbor to pick up supplies and volunteers from Hawaii, before heading off to Guam. The weekend stopover also allowed ship personnel to spend a brief moment in Hawaii. But judging from the amount of visitors filing through the ship, there was [...]
USNS Mercy – Pacific Partnership 2010
May 9th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Dept of Defense, Navy, technology Hawaii healthcare
Tags: Hawaii·Pearl Harbor·US Navy·USNS Mercy
EUTF Open Enrollment
October 25th, 2009 · 21 Comments · healthcare
*** In the interest of full disclosure, I am employed by HMSA and the following post will be biased toward my employer. HMSA has not paid or asked me to write this post. The above chart is from the Open Enrollment Reference Guide. The Employer-Union Health Benefit Trust Fund (EUTF) will offer Open Enrollment (OE) [...]
Tags: Hawaii·healthcare·HMSA
Cellular Bioengineering Inc.
September 27th, 2009 · No Comments · bioengineering, disruptive tech, technology Hawaii business
Invent. Disrupt. Inspire. How can you not be intrigued by a company with such a bold motto? This past Friday (9/25), the Bytemarks crew converged on Cellular Bioengineering Inc. for the monthly geek lunch gathering. CBI graciously allowed us the take over their conference room. We usually catch up on the tech happenings around town [...]
Tags: bioengineering·Hawaii·technology
Mission: USS Nimitz – the Experience
August 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments · military, Navy
I just put together this Animoto video of some photos from my embark to the USS Nimitz. The entire set of photos are on Flickr for your viewing pleasure. I am also working on posting my videos. So bear with me as I unfold all this content of my trip.
Tags: CVN 68·Hawaii·US Navy·USS Nimitz
Weekend Observations
December 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment · technology Hawaii business
This past weekend will be one remembered by O`ahuans for a long time. It was the second island-wide blackout in as many years. It was about 6:30pm on a Friday evening. We had just finished dinner and I was settling down to my cup of coffee when the lightning flashed, the thunder crackled and the [...]
Tags: business·Hawaii·technology

